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Peter R. Brink is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Surgery, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The primary topics covered in their publications include Bone fractures and treatments, Connexins and lens biology, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites research, Hip and Femur Fractures, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Peter R. Brink has contributed to several recent papers, including:
- "Lens Connexin Channels Show Differential Permeability to Signaling Molecules," published in 2020 in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- "Effectiveness of permissive weight bearing in surgically treated trauma patients with peri- and intra-articular fractures of the lower extremities: a prospective comparative multicenter cohort study," published in 2023 in the European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
- "Intercellular delivery of therapeutic oligonucleotides," published in 2022 in the Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
- "Arginine Availability in Reamed Intramedullary Aspirate as Predictor of Outcome in Nonunion Healing," published in 2022 in Biomedicines
- "A study of the outward background current conductance gK1, the pacemaker current conductance gf, and the gap junction conductance gj as determinants of biological pacing in single cells and in a two-cell syncytium using the dynamic clamp," published in 2020 in Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology.

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Virginijus Valiūnas, Ira S. Cohen, Martijn Poeze, Chris Gordon, and Thomas W. White.

Peter R. Brink's work appears in a variety of publication venues such as:

  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
  • Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
  • Biomedicines

Best Publications

  • Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells as a Gene Delivery System to Create Cardiac Pacemakers

    Irina Potapova;Alexei Plotnikov;Zhongju Lu;Peter Danilo

  • Mesenchymal stem cells support migration, extracellular matrix invasion, proliferation, and survival of endothelial cells in vitro.

    Irina A. Potapova;Glenn R. Gaudette;Peter R. Brink;Richard B. Robinson

  • Gap Junctions in Vascular Tissues Evaluating the Role of Intercellular Communication in the Modulation of Vasomotor Tone

    George J. Christ;David C. Spray;Marwan El-Sabban;Lisa K. Moore

  • Connexin-specific cell-to-cell transfer of short interfering RNA by gap junctions.

    V. Valiunas;Y. Y. Polosina;H. Miller;I. A. Potapova

  • Human mesenchymal stem cells make cardiac connexins and form functional gap junctions.

    Virginijus Valiunas;Sergey Doronin;Laima Valiuniene;Irina Potapova

  • Selective permeability of gap junction channels.

    Gary S. Goldberg;Virginijus Valiunas;Peter R. Brink

  • Selectivity of Connexin-Specific Gap Junctions Does Not Correlate With Channel Conductance

    Richard D. Veenstra;Hong-Zang Wang;Dolores A. Beblo;Mark G. Chilton

  • Biological pacemaker implanted in canine left bundle branch provides ventricular escape rhythms that have physiologically acceptable rates.

    Alexei N. Plotnikov;Eugene A. Sosunov;Jihong Qu;Iryna N. Shlapakova

  • Finding Fluorescent Needles in the Cardiac Haystack: Tracking Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Labeled with Quantum Dots for Quantitative In Vivo Three‐Dimensional Fluorescence Analysis

    Amy B. Rosen;Damon J. Kelly;Adam J. T. Schuldt;Jia Lu

  • Xenografted Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Provide a Platform for Sustained Biological Pacemaker Function in Canine Heart

    Alexei N. Plotnikov;Iryna Shlapakova;Matthias J. Szabolcs;Peter Danilo

  • Culturing of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells as Three-dimensional Aggregates Induces Functional Expression of CXCR4 That Regulates Adhesion to Endothelial Cells

    Irina A. Potapova;Peter R. Brink;Ira S. Cohen;Sergey V. Doronin

  • Stimulating Cardiac Muscle by Light: Cardiac Optogenetics by Cell Delivery

    Zhiheng Jia;Virginijus Valiunas;Zongju Lu;Harold Bien

  • Evidence for heteromeric gap junction channels formed from rat connexin43 and human connexin37

    P. R. Brink;K. Cronin;K. Banach;E. Peterson

  • Selective dye and ionic permeability of gap junction channels formed by connexin45.

    R. D. Veenstra;Hong-Zhang Wang;E. C. Beyer;P. R. Brink

  • Formation of Heterotypic Gap Junction Channels by Connexins 40 and 43

    Virginijus Valiunas;Robert Weingart;Peter R. Brink

  • Cell‐to‐cell communication in osteoblastic networks: Cell line–dependent hormonal regulation of gap junction function

    Henry J. Donahue;K.J. Mcleod;C.T. Rubin;J. Andersen

  • Connexin37 forms high conductance gap junction channels with subconductance state activity and selective dye and ionic permeabilities

    R. D. Veenstra;Hong-Zhan Wang;E. C. Beyer;S. V. Ramanan

  • Fracture liaison service: impact on subsequent nonvertebral fracture incidence and mortality.

    Kirsten M.B Huntjens;Tineke A.C.M. van Geel;Joop P.W. van den Bergh;Svenhjalmar van Helden

  • Increased Cell-Cell Coupling Increases Infarct Size and Does not Decrease Incidence of Ventricular Tachycardia in Mice.

    Kevin A. Prestia;Eugene A Sosunov;Evgeny P. Anyukhovsky;Elena Dolmatova

  • The effect of low-frequency electromagnetic field on human bone marrow stem/progenitor cell differentiation.

    Christina L. Ross;Christina L. Ross;Mevan Siriwardane;Graça Almeida-Porada;Christopher D. Porada

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Rosen
Michael R. Rosen Columbia University
Thomas W. White
Thomas W. White Stony Brook University
Eric C. Beyer
Eric C. Beyer University of Chicago
Ki H. Chon
Ki H. Chon University of Connecticut
Francisco J. Blanco
Francisco J. Blanco University of A Coruña
Clinton T. Rubin
Clinton T. Rubin Stony Brook University
David C. Spray
David C. Spray Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michiel J. Janse
Michiel J. Janse University of Amsterdam
Benjamin Chu
Benjamin Chu Stony Brook University
Miriam Rafailovich
Miriam Rafailovich Stony Brook University

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